After reclaiming the No. 1 ranking with back-to-back Grand Slam titles at the French Open and Wimbledon, Roger Federer aims to finish the season at the top. You can't blame him - after all, Pete Sampras still owns a couple of records Roger might want to break: the most number of weeks at No. 1, and the most number of ATP World Tour Championships (a.k.a. Year-end No. 1)
Sampras spent a record 286 weeks at No. 1; Federer, currently fourth on the all-time list, is at 238 this week. It is safe to assume that he will keep his No. 1 ranking in the next four weeks. By then, he only needs 45 more weeks to break Pete's record. To put it in perspective, Rafael Nadal spent 46 weeks from the time he assumed the top ranking in August 18, 2008 until the time he slipped back to No. 2 this week.
Sampras was ATP World Tour Champion for a record 6 straight years; Federer will earn his 5th if he ends this year at No. 1, tying Jimmy Connors for second all-time. Can he do it? Rafael Nadal (and the rest of the "Big 4") will surely put up a fight. This should make for an exciting finish!
Here is the updated ranking points breakdown for the "Big 4":
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tPoi00asXtiDAw75YOaAl2A&output=html
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